Fender EXP-1 Expression Pedal

Express yourself

Solid, responsive, does the job. Excellent!

Doesn't do the job

I bought it for my Fender GTX100 to use it as a volume / wah / pitch shifter pedal. Well, it worked, but with issues:

- The pedal is somewhat loose and tends to fall forward.

- It feels like the parameter that you control with the pedal lags or doesn't change smoothly.

- When you use both the footswitch and the Exp pedal, modes on the footswitch may toggle randomly. It doesn't happen when only the footswitch is used.

- The pedal works in two modes, expression and volume. Volume mode controls Master volume on the amp and can't be reassigned to anything. This is practically useless, can't use this mode for volume swells, for example. It also doesn't affect the line output. For volume swells I assigned the volume of a simulated amp to the expression mode of the pedal. That worked, but with glitches described above.

well build but a bit unresponsive

If you want to use this pedal as a wah-wah or pitch shift it won't do it. It's not responsive enough for that. Other than that it looks really well made.

Built like a tank

Surprised by the quality - this is EXTREMELY well built. Not too heavy but SOLID

Could be more expressive

Good quality. Works great in combination with MGT4 footswitch. I was expecting a little bit more range but overal quite ok.

A little sensitive - otherwise good

A good, versatile pedal for the Fender Mustang - series of amplifiers (Mustang III, VI, V and Floor only). Very sturdy built, the whole thing made out of metal. It can be used for changing many different parameters on the amp, from volume and wah, to realtime control over delay and other effects. VERY versatile.

Mine was a little loose and kept falling down to toe-postion, but it can easily be fixed by tightening the single bolt that connects the pedal to the casing.

There's a small switch under the toe on the pedal, which will be activated if you step a bit harder on the toe. This change the function from Volume only to control over all the other parameters and effects, and back. This switch is actually a little too sensitive, and if you're not careful while using the pedal for volume for example, it can switch over to the other function.

I read about this on the manufacturer's own forum, and several people actually had this same experience. This is too bad on an otherwise very smart and well-thought-through pedal. It won't work in a live-situation unless you are really careful...

There are two led's that indicate on which function you presently are, but still, the switch is too sensitive.

Other than this, like I said, a good quality, versatile pedal.

Great addition to my Fender Mustang.

What can I say? Get this Ito fully expand the effects of you must and combo. Fantastic effects.

PROS Added effects, soldid build, low cost

CONS None

Opens up a lot of possibilities on mustang amps.

Feels sturdy, connect it to a mustang 3 4 or stack and you can control any parameter. Can be connected via the MS4 footswitch. Nice in that it is passive, no power required. A worthwhile buy for a mustang amp.

Expression pedal

To start with i would like to say that i never owned an expression pedal before. I tried few wahs form my friends, but that waas never really my thing. I bought the fender mustang III and also this pedal. At first i thought that im going to use it just as an volume pedal to emphasize my solos. After a while, when i have learned how the fuse sowtware works, i realised it has a lot of interesting options. You can control almost everything you want, you just have to take a few minutes and youll figure all out.

It is build very nicely from some sort of metal and is very durable. It is also quite good looking.

Now i mostly use it as a volume pedal and as a wah. you can get some pretty good wah settings if you spend a couple of minutes on the fuse sowtfare.

This pedal is great you just have to spend a few hours to find out about its full potential...

when buying it thought you must be careful, because it only works on fender mustang 3 and 4 and if you do not own them it is pretty much useless

Excellent pedal

Excellent pedal. Very pleased with it.